This past year I've been really bad about forgetting the birthdays of close friends, relatives etc. I'll usually remember like a day later but it still makes me feel like a jerk. There was also the time that I spent a whole day making a wedding care package type present for an old friend, then forgot to mail it for three weeks.

_________________Did you notice the slight feeling of panic at the words "Chicken Basin Street"? Like someone was walking over your grave? Try not to remember. We must never remember. - mumblesIs this about devilberries and nazifruit again? - footface

I've always strongly preferred futons to spring mattresses. Actually, now that I think of it, the last time I had a spring mattress was when I was a teenager and still living with my dad. I have some vague memories of having a daybed as a preteen with no boxspring, and thinking it was really uncomfortable. If the mattress is just right on the floor or wooden slats it's probably fine without though.